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NAPOLI

Most Famous People Born in Napoli, Italy

Notable people
4,021
Peak decade
1950s
Median birth year
1920
Most distinctive
Prelate 9.8×

Twenty centuries of opera and the Catholic hierarchy. Naples's most distinctive shelf is prelate at nearly ten times the global rate — the cardinals and archbishops of one of Christendom's oldest sees — alongside a composer column built around the 18th-century Neapolitan opera school of Pergolesi, Cimarosa, and Paisiello. The notable births stretch from the late Republic to the present, with an unusually heavy 17th- and 18th-century tail when the Bourbon court made Naples one of the largest cities in Europe.

Through the Centuries

One face per century — the most globally famous figure born in Napoli during each.

What Napoli Is Known For

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Actor is Napoli's biggest profession — 11% of all notables (442).

Napoli over-indexes on prelate9.8× the global rate.

Napoli under-produces football — only 0.6× the global rate.

  1. Actor442
  2. Politician424
  3. Painter277
  4. Football248
  5. Composer196
  6. Writer179
  7. Singer156
  8. Priest129
  1. Prelate679.8×
  2. Composer1963.7×
  3. Painter2772.6×
  4. Priest1292.2×
  5. Actor4422.1×
  6. Singer1561.9×
  7. Architect631.8×
  8. Film851.7×
  1. Football2480.6×

Profession Mix Over Time

Each band shows a profession family's share of Napoli's notable births by decade. Hover the chart for the breakdown at any decade.

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4,021 notable people

2101 POLITICIAN

Donato Toma

Born 1957

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2102 ARCHITECT

Giulio Pane

Born 1940

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2103 POLITICIAN

Amedeo Laboccetta

Born 1948

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2104 FOOTBALL

Alessandro Abbondanza

Born 1949

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2105 WRITER

Bartolomeo Caracciolo

1300 - 1362

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2106 HISTORIAN

Eumachos von Neapel

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2107 POLITICIAN

Pasquale Fago

1740 - 1794

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2108 PHILOSOPHER

Emanuele Riverso

1928 - 2007

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2109 ENGINEER

Edoardo Salzano

1930 - 2019

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2110 COMPOSER

Beniamino Carelli

1833 - 1921

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2111 ACTOR

Chiara Baffi

Born 1979

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2112 SCREENWRITER

Fortunato Calvino

Born 1955

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2113 ACTOR

Rino Marcelli

1931 - 2016

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2114 PLAYWRIGHT

Francesco Cerlone

1730 - 1812

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2115 ARCHITECT

Pietro Valente

1796 - 1859

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2116 PHILANTHROPIST

Alfonso della Valle di Casanova

1830 - 1872

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2117 ACTOR

Christina Rose

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2118 ACTOR

Corrado Taranto

Born 1956

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2119 ACTOR

Luca Sannino

Born 1986

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2120 MILITAR

Francisco de Tutavilla y del Rufo, Duque de San Germán

1604 - 1679

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2121 ACTOR

Connie Bismuto

Born 1975

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2122 PRINCESS

Maria Clotilde of Naples and Sicily

1786 - 1792

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2123 GOLF

Toney Penna

1908 - 1995

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2124 COXSWAIN

Gianluca Barattolo

Born 1978

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2125 AUTHOR

Fabio Marra

Born 1984

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2126 THEOLOGIAN

Scipione Lentolo

1525 - 1599

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2127 POLITICIAN

Uberto Siola

Born 1938

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2128 ZOOLOGIST

Federico Raffaele

1862 - 1937

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2129 JOURNALIST

Serenella Andrade

Born 1962

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2130 ARCHITECT

Eduardo Vittoria

1923 - 2009

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2131 SPORT

Massimiliano Murolo

Born 1988

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2132 WRITER

Oreste Ruggiero

Born 1950

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2133 PAINTER

Mario Cortiello

1907 - 1981

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2134 WRITER

Ciro Ascione

Born 1968

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2135 ARCIVESCOVO

Pietro Antonio Di Capua

1513 - 1579

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2136 PAINTER

Carlo Alfano

1932 - 1990

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2137 ENGINEER

Luigi Pascale

1923 - 2017

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2138 SWIMMER

Lucio Spadaro

Born 1991

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2139 MUSIC

Lionello Cammarota

Born 1936

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2140 NUMISMATIST

Laura Breglia

1912 - 2003

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2141 MAGISTRAT

Franco Bile

Born 1929

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2142 ARCHBISHOP

Giuseppe Bologna

1634 - 1697

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2143 PAINTER

Giuseppe Desiato

Born 1935

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2144 COMPOSER

Girolamo Besozzi

1750 - 1788

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2145 PLAYER

Manuele Ravellino

Born 1974

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2146 ASTRONOMER

Gerolamo Sersale

1584 - 1654

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2147 SINGER

Patrizio Trampetti

Born 1950

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2148 PRINCESS

Maria Isabelle of Naples and Sicily

1793 - 1801

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2149 RAPPER

'O Zulù

Born 1970

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2150 ARTIST

Costantino Ciervo

Born 1961

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2151 ACTOR

Nando Murolo

Born 1938

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2152 COMPOSER

Gilda Ruta

1853 - 1932

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2153 SINGER

Gloriana (cantante)

Born 1946

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2154 MAGISTRAT

Luigi Bianchi D'Espinosa

1911 - 1972

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2155 POLITICIAN

Gennaro Spinelli, Prince of Cariati

1780 - 1851

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2156 PRIEST

Salvatore Angerami

1956 - 2019

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2157 ARCHITECT

Masuccio Segondo

1291 - 1387

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2158 ROWER

Fabrizio Gabriele

Born 1985

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2159 FOOTBALL

Rosario Rivellino

Born 1939

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2160 GEOLOGIST

Giovanni Battista Alfano

1878 - 1955

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2161 ARCHITECT

Gino Avena

1898 - 1980

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2162 OFFICER

Roberto Lordi

1894 - 1944

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2163 ACTOR

Carmine Faraco

Born 1962

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2164 DIVER

Franco Ferraris

Born 1919

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2165 ARCHBISHOP

Antonio Zama

1917 - 1988

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2166 FOOTBALL

Fabio Maresca

Born 1981

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2167 SPORT

Giovanni Repetti

Born 1988

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2168 FOOTBALL

Carlo Vecchione

Born 1988

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2169 COMPOSER

Gennaro Napoli

1881 - 1943

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2170 PAINTER

Vincent Aderente

1880 - 1941

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2171 FOOTBALL

Will Yeatman

Born 1988

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2172 SINGER

Mariano Apicella

Born 1962

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2173 POLITICIAN

Roberto Barbieri

Born 1953

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2174 POLITICIAN

Richard Robert Rive

1864 - 1947

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2175 COMPOSER

Lorenzo Filiasi

1878 - 1963

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2176 STUDI

Giuseppe Donzelli

1596 - 1670

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2177 PAINTER

Ettore Cosomati

1873 - 1960

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2178 ARTIST

Emilio Urbano

Born 1975

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2179 FOOTBALL

Giovanni Di Rocco

Born 1970

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2180 POLITICIAN

Amedeo D'Albora

1896 - 1980

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2181 LAWYER

Umberto Leanza

Born 1933

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2182 FOOTBALL

Steve Sengelmann

Born 1965

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2183 PHYSICIAN

Vincenzo Mirone

Born 1953

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2184 DANCER

Antonio Guerra (Choreograf)

1810 - 1846

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2185 POLITICIAN

Vincenzo Amendola

Born 1973

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2186 PHILOLOGIST

Pasquale Carcani

1721 - 1783

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2187 SINGER

Eddy Napoli

Born 1957

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2188 MAGISTRAT

Alfonso Quaranta

Born 1936

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2189 FOOTBALL

Dario D'Ambrosio

Born 1988

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2190 ARTIST

Carlo Dalgas

1821 - 1851

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2191 HISTORIAN

Claudio Gigante

Born 1972

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2192 WRITER

Stefano Piedimonte

Born 1980

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2193 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Giulio Minervini

1819 - 1891

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2194 COMPOSER

Paolo Tortiglione

Born 1965

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2195 SWIMMER

Alfonso Buonocore

Born 1933

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2196 POET

Celio Magno

1536 - 1602

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2197 PHYSICIST

Giovanni Vignale

Born 1957

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2198 POET

Biagio Cepollaro

Born 1959

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2199 PLAYER

Eugenio Chiaradia

1917 - 1977

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2200 SCULPTOR

Luigi De Luca

1857 - 1938

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2201 PLAYWRIGHT

Pasquale Altavilla

1806 - 1875

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2202 MAGISTRAT

Guido Capozzi

1918 - 2014

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2203 ESSAYIST

Gianandrea de Antonellis

Born 1964

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2204 WRITER

Pina Varriale

Born 1957

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2205 OPERA

Nicola Zerola

1876 - 1936

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2206 PHYSICIAN

Paul Fraenckel

1874 - 1941

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2207 WRESTLER

Francesco Miano-Petta

Born 1979

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2208 POET

Antonio Muscettola

1628 - 1679

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2209 ACTOR

Armando Marra

1936 - 2011

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2210 POLITICIAN

Antonio Mazzocchi

Born 1938

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2211 PHYSICIAN

Vincenzo Cuomo

1858 - 1935

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2212 ARCIVESCOVO

Antonio Ambrosanio

1928 - 1995

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2213 CONDUCTOR

Giuseppe Creatore

1871 - 1952

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2214 ACTOR

Serena Iansiti

Born 1985

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2215 COMPOSER

Pasquale Sogner

1793 - 1842

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2216 PAINTER

Luigi Fergola

1768 - 1834

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2217 ACTOR

Walter Ricciardi

Born 1959

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2218 ESSAYIST

Gaudenzio Dell'Aja

1912 - 1993

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2219 ECONOMIST

Giacomo Savarese

1808 - 1884

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2220 POLITICIAN

Assunta Tartaglione

Born 1970

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2221 PHILOSOPHER

Paolo Filiasi Carcano

1911 - 1977

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2222 WRITER

Nando Vitali (scrittore 1953)

Born 1953

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2223 ACTOR

Graziella Marina

Born 1938

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2224 MUSIC

Sandro Cerino

Born 1958

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2225 MILITAR

Giovanni Galati

1897 - 1971

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2226 PAINTER

Gianni Pisani

Born 1935

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2227 BIBLIOGRAFO

Marco Santoro

1949 - 2017

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2228 POET

Pietro Casaburi Urries

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2229 ACTOR

Marilù Prati

Born 1954

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2230 BACTERIOLOGIST

Augusto Ducrey

1860 - 1940

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2231 THEOLOGIAN

Bernardo della Torre

1746 - 1820

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2232 POLITICIAN

Carlo Fermariello

1925 - 1997

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2233 COMPOSER

Cesare Rossi (Komponist, 1842)

1842 - 1909

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2234 LAWYER

Lucio d'Alessandro

Born 1951

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2235 POLITICIAN

Silvio Vitale

1928 - 2005

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2236 BIOLOGIST

Giorgio Tecce

1923 - 2006

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2237 CRIMINAL

Phillip Musica

1877 - 1938

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2238 JOURNALIST

Iaia Caputo

Born 1960

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2239 WRITER

Ugo Mazzotta

Born 1956

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2240 ACTOR

Antonio Orlando

1960 - 1988

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2241 ACTOR

Massimiliano Morra

Born 1986

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2242 PRELATE

Vincenzo Lanfranchi

1609 - 1676

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2243 ACTOR

Clotilde Sabatino

Born 1974

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2244 ACTOR

Vera Nandi

1924 - 1998

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2245 ACTOR

Tullio Sorrentino

Born 1965

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2246 ARCIVESCOVO

Filippo Minutolo

Died 1301

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2247 POLITICIAN

Luigi Caracciolo

1826 - 1889

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2248 WRITER

Rossella Milone

Born 1979

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2249 MATHEMATICIAN

Luigi Accardi

Born 1947

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2250 JOURNALIST

Ennio Mastrostefano

1925 - 1992

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2251 JOURNALIST

Mario Natangelo

Born 1985

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2252 PAINTER

Umberto Prencipe

1879 - 1962

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2253 ART CRITIC

Arturo Lancellotti

1877 - 1968

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2254 SINGER

Francesco Maria Bonini

1865 - 1930

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2255 ACTOR

Raffaella De Vita

1942 - 2006

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2256 PIANIST

Gino Campese

1914 - 1973

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2257 WRITER

Renato De Falco

1928 - 2017

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2258 ACTOR

Pasquale Finicelli

Born 1963

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2259 SINGER

Rodolfo Grieco

Born 1938

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2260 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Nuvolo

1570 - 1643

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2261 SCULPTOR

Tommaso Solari

1820 - 1889

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2262 PLAYWRIGHT

Michele Cuciniello

1825 - 1889

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2263 POLITICIAN

Ugo Grippo

1932 - 2017

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2264 UMANISTA

Giano Anisio

1465 - 1540

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2265 GUERRILLA

Gennaro Capuozzo

1931 - 1943

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2266 ACTOR

Davide Marotta

Born 1962

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2267 POET

Baldassarre Pisani

Born 1650

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2268 JUDO

Antonio Esposito (judoka)

Born 1994

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2269 ARCHITECT

Federico Travaglini

1814 - 1893

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2270 FOOTBALL

Paola Di Marino

Born 1994

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2271 ACTOR

Francesco Di Leva

Born 1978

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2272 ARCIVESCOVO

Annibale Di Capua

1544 - 1595

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2273 PRIEST

Rudolph de Landas Berghes

1873 - 1920

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2274 POLITICIAN

Pasquale Ciriello

1950 - 2014

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2275 ACTOR

Antonella Stefanucci

Born 1963

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2276 RUNNING

Pasquale Russo

Born 1947

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2277 ACTOR

Giovanni Mauriello

Born 1945

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2278 ARCHITECT

Ignazio Cuomo

Died 1770

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2279 ARCHAEOLOGIST

Gaetano d'Ancora

1751 - 1816

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2280 ARCHITECT

Ada Tolla

Born 1964

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2281 POET

Antonio Basso (poeta)

1605 - 1648

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2282 ACTOR

Armandino

1922 - 2011

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2283 WRITER

Silvana Maja

1963 - 2019

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2284 ANTHROPOLOGIST

Elisa Chimenti

1883 - 1969

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2285 PRIEST

Álvaro de la Quadra

Died 1564

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2286 PHILOSOPHER

Nicola Caravita

1647 - 1717

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2287 PAINTER

Gino Guida

1932 - 2017

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2288 ACTOR

Antonio Folletto

Born 1988

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2289 ACTOR

Oscar Di Maio (1959)

Born 1959

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2290 LAWYER

Virgilio Gaito

Born 1930

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2291 CHAMBERLAIN

Diego Cavaniglia

1453 - 1481

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2292 MUSIC

Girolamo De Simone

Born 1964

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2293 ACTOR

Lello Musella

Born 1974

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2294 ACTOR

Antonio Buonomo

Born 1950

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2295 MAFIOSO

Domenico Bidognetti

Born 1966

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2296 PAINTER

Ascanio Luciano

1621 - 1706

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2297 FOOTBALL

Mykkele Thompson

Born 1993

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2298 POLITICIAN

Giovanni Maria D'Alessandro

1824 - 1910

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2299 POET

Giuseppe Aurelio di Gennaro

1701 - 1761

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2300 COMPOSER

Francesco Lambardi

1587 - 1642

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2301 PLAYWRIGHT

Davide Iodice

Born 1968

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2302 ARCHITECT

Giuseppe Pollio

Died 1804

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2303 PRIEST

Marino Bulcani

Died 1394

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2304 ARCHBISHOP

Fabio Lagonissa

1594 - 1659

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2305 FOOTBALL

Angelo Tartaglia (footballer)

Born 1992

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2306 POLITICIAN

Antonio Fantini

1936 - 2013

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2307 ACTOR

Barbara Folchitto

Born 1969

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2308 POLITICIAN

Franco Busetto

1921 - 2015

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2309 MAGISTRAT

Domenico Barone

1879 - 1929

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2310 WRITER

Peppe Fiore

Born 1981

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2311 POET

Gregorio De Filippis Delfico

1801 - 1847

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2312 CASTING DIRECTOR

Kurt von Boeckmann

1885 - 1950

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2313 FOOTBALL

Armando Visconti

Born 1989

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2314 POLITICIAN

Girolamo Giusso

1843 - 1921

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2315 COMPOSER

Mimmo di Francia

Born 1944

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2316 ACTOR

Lucio Saccone

Born 1960

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2317 POLITICIAN

Giuseppe Vacciano

Born 1972

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2318 ACTOR

Domenico Antonio Parrino

1642 - 1730

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2319 ARISTOCRAT

Antonio Beccadelli di Bologna

1475 - 1513

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2320 SWIMMER

Vincenzo Boni

Born 1988

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2321 BOTANIST

Diana Sarno

Born 1963

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2322 PAINTER

Raimo Epifanio Tesauro

1480 - 1511

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2323 JOURNALIST

Achille de Lauzières

1818 - 1894

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2324 FARMER

Wilhelm Malte II.

1833 - 1907

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2325 LINGUIST

Luigi Santa Maria

1919 - 2008

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2326 ACTOR

Tina Femiano

Born 1943

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2327 FOOTBALL

Gennaro Ruggiero

Born 1986

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2328 PAINTER

Nino Longobardi

Born 1953

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2329 ARTIST

Piero Golia

Born 1974

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2330 PAINTER

Orazio Solimena

1690 - 1789

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2331 POLITICIAN

Enrico Russo

1895 - 1973

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2332 SINGER

Gennaro Cosmo Parlato

Born 1972

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2333 DESIGNER

Franco Scalamandré

1898 - 1988

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2334 WRITER

Massimiliano Palmese

Born 1966

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2335 WRITER

Diana Lama

Born 1960

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2336 ARTIST

Mirka Andolfo

Born 1989

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2337 ACTOR

Tilde Kassay

1887 - 1964

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2338 PATRIARCA

Michele Zezza

1850 - 1927

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2339 PAINTER

Andrea López Caballero

Born 1647

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2340 OFFICER

Sergio Siracusa

Born 1937

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2341 LIBRETTIST

Vincenza Viganò-Mombelli

1806 - 1812

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2342 PAINTER

Eugenio Viti

1881 - 1952

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2343 ACTOR

Oreste Gherardini

Died 1953

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2344 POLITICIAN

Alfredo Vito

Born 1946

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2345 FREEDIVER

Massimo Scarpati

Born 1942

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2346 PAINTER

Salvatore Guidotti

1836 - 1903

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2347 WRITER

Davide Morganti

Born 1965

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2348 ACTOR

Barbara Petrillo

Born 1981

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2349 MINISTRO

Marcello Rodinò

1906 - 1994

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2350 SINGER

Anna Lucia de Amicis

1733 - 1816

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2351 POLITICIAN

Glauco Della Porta

1920 - 1976

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2352 PAINTER

Scipione Compagno

1624 - 1664

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2353 COMPOSER

Alessandro Cuozzo

Born 1975

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2354 POLITICIAN

Cosimo Izzo

Born 1943

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2355 FOOTBALL

Michele Emmausso

Born 1997

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2356 COMPOSER

Antonello Paliotti

Born 1963

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2357 SINGER

Valentina Ok

1968 - 2014

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2358 COMPOSER

Antonio Pacini

1778 - 1866

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2359 WRITER

Antonella Tavassi La Greca

1951 - 2008

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2360 PAINTER

Vincenzo Scala

1839 - 1893

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2361 FOOTBALL

Francesco Nocera

Born 1968

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2362 LAWYER

Mario D'Urso

1940 - 2015

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2363 VIOLIN

Francesco De Angelis (musician)

Born 1971

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2364 COMPOSER

Giuseppe Di Bianco

Born 1969

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2365 CONDUCTOR

Antonio Scatasso

1886 - 1956

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2366 LAWYER

Francesco de Franchis

1930 - 2009

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2367 ACTOR

Enzo Santaniello

Born 1960

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2368 WRITER

Mario Turiello

1876 - 1965

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2369 PHOTOGRAPHER

Luigi Fiorillo

1847 - 1898

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2370 DESIGNER

Rosana Pistolese

1925 - 2008

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2371 POLITICIAN

Leonardo Impegno

Born 1974

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2372 FOOTBALL

Fabrizio Fabris

Born 1968

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2373 MILITAR

Giuseppe Silvati

1791 - 1822

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2374 ACTOR

Anna Walter

1929 - 2014

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2375 ACTOR

Raffaele Esposito

Born 1959

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2376 POET

Francesco Fiore

1889 - 1954

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2377 THEOLOGIAN

Antonio Autiero

Born 1948

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2378 ACTOR

Mimmo Sepe

1955 - 2020

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2379 ENGINEER

Almerico Realfonzo

1927 - 2019

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2380 ACTOR

Ciro Ceruti

Born 1971

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2381 PLAYWRIGHT

Giacomo Marulli

1822 - 1883

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2382 FOOTBALL

Ciro Caruso

Born 1973

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2383 SINGER

Eugenio Cibelli

1884 - 1961

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2384 CINEMA

Sergio Pesce

1916 - 1995

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2385 SCIENTIST

Gaetano Borriello

1958 - 2015

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2386 WRITER

Mario Caccavale

Born 1937

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2387 ACADEMIC

Bruno Fadini

1937 - 2007

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2388 PHOTOGRAPHER

Saverio Lucariello

Born 1958

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2389 FOOTBALL

Salvatore Buoncammino

Born 1962

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2390 DIPLOMAT

Pasquale Terracciano

Born 1956

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2391 WRITER

Guglielmo Folliero de Luna

1822 - 1871

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2392 COMPOSER

Armando Romeo

1924 - 2016

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2393 SINGER

Anna de Amicis

1733 - 1816

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2394 ACTOR

Mario Carillo

1894 - 1970

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2395 PHYSICIAN

Donato Antonio Altomare

1520 - 1566

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2396 COMEDIAN

Stefano Sarcinelli

Born 1960

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2397 MAGISTRAT

Antonio Bevere

Born 1940

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2398 CINEMA

Mario Gargiulo

1880 - 1932

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2399 LAWYER

Carlo d'Amelio

1902 - 1996

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2400 ACTOR

Dario Castiglio

Born 1986

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